Zoroastrianism

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IranisZoroastrianismOriginsSymbolsATHRAAtarsh or Atash=producing lightSecond most common symbolImage by goodtextures: http://fav.me/d2he3r8GroupsFARAHVAHAROne of the most common symbolCan be pronounced as: Frohar, Farohar, Frawahr, and Fravahr.

Sacred TextsAVESTAThe Zoroastrian holy book"Book of the Law"GATHASThe YasnaZoroastrian’s principle act of worship.Primary liturgical collection of the Avestan texts.The Visperad“prayer to all patrons”Has no unity of its own, and never recited separately from the Yasna.The Vendidad“Laws against the demons.”Various manifestations of the evil spirits.Includes all of the 19th nasks (the only nask that survived its entirety)The YashtsA collection of 21 hymns.All the hymn collection are written to prose but may originally be in the form of verse.The Siroza“thirty days”Exists in 2 forms: little Siroza and great SirozaIt is never recited as a whole.The Khordeh Avesta“little Avesta”Considered as the general prayer book.Has four groups: Five introductory chaptersFive “praises”Five “moments of the day”Four “blessings”Sacred poetry towards the worship of one god, Zoroaster (or Zarathustra).Promotion of social justice and individual choice of good and evil.FragmentsAfringans - liturgies of the outer circle. short dedications to the thirty days of the monthHoly PlacesYearlyNouruz- New year, falls in March 21stThanksgiving- blessingsKhordad Sal- Birth anniversary of Zoroaster.fire temple in Iran that was known as chahar-taqi meaning “four directions”(example of a fire temple in surakhani baku azerbaijian.)were known as dar-e mehr (in persian, an south iranian language) or agiyari (in Gujarati, a west indian region language).BeliefsRitualsThank you for listening!Chahar-Taqi fire templeAhura MazdaAhura meaning "being" and Mazda meaning "mind""Wise Lord"the one universal, transcendent and supreme Godthe creator of only the goodeverything he created is pure and should be treated with love and respect Angra Mainyuthe destructive energy that opposes God's creative energy the originator of death and all that is evil in the worldDualism In ZoroastrianismCosmic Dualismongoing battle between good and evil within the universethe world has life and death, day and night, good and evilThe existence of, yet complete separation of good and evilMoral Dualismthe opposition of good and evil in the mind of mankindhas the polarity of happiness and sadness, truth and deception, etc. but there is emphasis on choiceAmesha Spentastranslates to Holy Immortalshelped God fashion the world each is associated with a particular aspect of creationthere are six Amesha Spentas:Vohu ManahAsha VahishtaSpenta ArmaitiKhshathra VairyaHaurvatatAmeretatFuneralsFireSocial PracticesScripturesFundamental Moral Practicesneither burial nor cremation were practiceddead bodies were taken to a Tower of Silence and laid out under the sun, where vultures devoured themmajor symbolphysical representation of the illumined mindplaces of worship are called Fire Templesopen only to Zoroastriansborn to the faithcalled the Avesta and written in Avestanoldest part of the scriptures are the Gathas basic moral principles are:Humata: good thoughts Hukhata: good wordsHvarshta: good deeds included in many Zoroastrian prayersthe moral code by which a Zoroastrian lives1878 A.D. - First Fire Temple is Built in AmericaParsee HillFire Temple StructureA region in Azerbaijian Baku is known for its continuous burning natural gas fires which is a symbol that is important to zoroastriansGrades Of FiresAtash DadgahAtash BehramFire temples are organized and classified by the type of fire that is inside the temple into 3 grades of fires-Lowest grade of fire-Dadgah means court in Persian